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# Service Mapping

# Service Mapping {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The ServiceNow®
Service Mapping application discovers all application services in your organization and builds a comprehensive map of all devices, applications, and configuration profiles used in these application services.

Service Mapping is available as a separate subscription and requires activation by Service Mapping personnel.

## Gain control with service-aware operations {#c_ServiceMappingOverview__section_qzq_rwd_14b}

Service Mapping enables IT departments of companies, organizations, and cloud companies providing platform as a service to create a service-aware view of infrastructure.

## Reach time to value quickly {#c_ServiceMappingOverview__section_kys_xfv_rjb}

Shorten the mapping process and improve accuracy with out-of-the-box options. Service Mapping deploys different methods for collecting information about configuration items (CIs) and organizing them into application services. The available mapping methods are: pattern-based, tag-based,
traffic-based, and discovery based on Predictive Intelligence.

## Deliver on your multicloud strategy {#c_ServiceMappingOverview__section_vbh_jmr_lrb}

Map services across dynamic cloud-based providers with a high degree of accuracy.

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| [Explore Learn about application services, different methods of mapping application services, and how other ServiceNow applications use data collected with Service Mapping](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/Kuk1boKFkCXvmRR3mt5uHg "Service Mapping discovers all application services in your organization and builds a comprehensive map of all devices, applications, and configuration profiles used in these application services.") | [Configure Plan and configure your implementation.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/d_TTjesTzgIdezbZJgXRkw "You get started with Service Mapping by configuring roles, credentials, and MID Server connections.") | [ManageMap application services](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/eBPFP3ImWg_V9n0gseOIOg "Map a new application service based on automatically generated suggestions. Use the Automated Service Suggestions or Service Fingerprints features to create a new application service or add to an existing service in a few clicks.") |
| [UseReview mapping application services for analysis and maintenance.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/cioDqRn9sfVcK1X7lfMhsg "As the Service Mapping administrator, you support companies in their efforts to map and maintain critical application services so that they remain service-aware.") | [Reference Get details about components like roles, tables, and properties.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/_iUWACBrAs4CztdcF1tB6A "Reference topics provide additional information about mapping and fine-tuning application services using Service Mapping lists and forms.") |   |
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